[olug] digital rights management at work

[Eric Lusk]

I DID get it to burn after a call to their "tech
support", but an hour on the phone sure sours one on
the  whole DRM thing.  One small problem with their
server and I can't even PLAY my music.  So, what
happens when they expand this to movies?

--- Tim & Alethea Larson <thelarsons3 at cox.net> wrote:

> Eric Lusk wrote:
> > Well, I decided to give it a try; tried
> downloading a
> > CD legally from a legitimate reseller.  The
> download
> > went ok, but once I got the songs, Digital Rights
> > Management reared its ugly head; seems that I only
> > have "permission" to play or burn one of the 12
> songs
> > I downloaded.
> > All the others say I don't have a license.  So now
> I'm
> > on the phone with "customer service", trying to
> use
> > what I paid for.
> > I like the idea of paying musicians for the work
> they
> > do, but I wnat to listen to the work after I pay
> for
> > it...
> > And this was going to be a Christmas present....
> 
> I hear ya.  You want to do the right thing, but
> you're judged guilty 
> before you even get started.  Just not right...
> 
> Tim
> -- 
> Tim & Alethea
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